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Backward martingale transport and Fitzpatrick functions in pseudo-Euclidean spaces

Probability 2023-12-11 v3

Abstract

We study an optimal transport problem with a backward martingale constraint in a pseudo-Euclidean space SS. We show that the dual problem consists in the minimization of the expected values of the Fitzpatrick functions associated with maximal SS-monotone sets. An optimal plan γ\gamma and an optimal maximal SS-monotone set GG are characterized by the condition that the support of γ\gamma is contained in the graph of the SS-projection on GG. For a Gaussian random variable YY, we get a unique decomposition: Y=X+ZY = X+Z, where XX and ZZ are independent Gaussian random variables taking values, respectively, in complementary positive and negative linear subspaces of the SS-space.

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@article{arxiv.2209.04664,
  title  = {Backward martingale transport and Fitzpatrick functions in pseudo-Euclidean spaces},
  author = {Dmitry Kramkov and Mihai Sîrbu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2209.04664},
  year   = {2023}
}

Comments

42 pages, appear in Annals of Applied Probability. Minor corrections to this version to make it identical to the one in AAP